Hate to hear this. We have fond memories of DD singing ’Joy to the World’ at the top of her little 2 year old voice.

This comment triggered an interest for me to find some names of those who'd composed songs that the group recorded. I knew it was diverse but had forgotten details. Fortunately, the Wiki article provides an adequate introduction:

One - Harry Nilsson

Mama Told Me Not To Come - Randy Newman

An Old Fashioned Love Song - Paul Williams, the pint-sized blond guy who spent a lot of time on talk shows at one time

Eli's Coming - the brilliant Laura Nyro

Joy To The World - Hoyt Axton (of all people)

It's an eclectic rogue's gallery of heterogeneity.

I was so sad to hear that Chuck Negron had passed. I was a Three Dog Night fan from the very first time I heard one of their songs. I actually had a big crush on Chuck in my late-teens. I saw them in person at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit way back when. Great group while they lasted!

I had a fun time today with friends at a gathering (just 4 of us 60-something ladies) and admiring her album collection and her functioning Pioneer turntable, the conversation turned to Three Dog Night, and she found her 'best of' and put it on - so fun and energizing ! I had forgotten about 'a child is black, a child is white, together they turn to see the light... ' but it sure brought back memories ! My personal fave was 'Just and Old Fashioned Love song...' their songs make me want to sing and dance - those were the days

I did not know that much about the group, other than that they were sure talented.

And I know the thread is about them but menioned above was Laura Nyro and she was another who died so young. I remember I had a friend who was somehow related to her... I don't think they ever met. The friend is also no longer with us.

Three Dog Night was always one of my favorites, and I love when they pop up on playlists on Pandora when I'm hiking.

You can create your own "stations" on Pandora and seed it with groups you want to hear. And give a thumbs down to groups you don't want to hear. Then you'll hear them more often

We saw them live in an amphitheatre in Missouri the summer before last. They put on an awesome show and we had upclose, great seats. I remember, though, that they made several comments about their ages and needing to sit down for brief periods during the show. They had a couple of 3-legged stools up on stage that they used.

Jeremiah was a BullFrog (Joy to the World) was their closing song. It was great.

" We saw them live in an amphitheatre in Missouri the summer before last "

The "them" you would have seen in recent years was a performing trio with only Danny Hutton as the one remaining original member. Negron was tossed from the group in 1985 and Cory Wells died in 2015. That takes nothing away from enjoyment of the songs. As mentioned above, I saw Hutton and Wells with one stand-in to make three in the early 20-teens and they put on a great show. I'm sure what you saw was similar - the songs and the talented musicians are a huge part of the enjoyable music, maybe more so than the singing.